John Basista
Firmware Engineer at Apple
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Basista is a firmware and hardware engineer with 13 years of experience designing high-speed PCBs, embedded firmware, and system-level test solutions for companies including Apple, Intel, and Lockheed Martin. He combines practical PCB layout and signal integrity expertise (QSFP28/100+ Gbps designs) with firmware and software skills across C/C++, Python, Verilog and Java to bridge hardware and software during bring-up and debug. At Intel he led layout reviews, developed FPGA-based real-time debug tools, and authored hardware verification procedures; at Apple he focuses on firmware engineering for complex products. A hands-on tinkerer, he builds personal PCBs and modifies Android OS images for his own devices, and maintains project artifacts on GitHub. Based in San Diego, he brings deep experience in high-speed communications, power and I2C system design, and a knack for automating validation workflows that accelerate product delivery.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Drexel University
Github Skills (9)
monitors8
wifi7
realtek7
specification6
aircrack-ng4
kernel4
ubuntu4
driver3
linux2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bass0324/kernel_android_linaro_dragonboard
Jun 2019 - May 2020
Contributions:54 commits, 11 pushes, 2 branches in 11 months
bass0324/rtl8192cu
Feb 2013 - Feb 2016
Contributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 3 years
beaglebonelinuxcompiledubunturealtek
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